In the year 1951
404 Notable deaths
William Randolph Hearst
American newspaper publisher (1863–1951).
Born April 29th, 1863 in San Francisco. [ref]
Died August 14th, 1951 at 88 years old in Beverly Hills (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Henrietta Lacks
American woman whose cancer cells are the source of the hela cell line.
Born August 1st, 1920 in Roanoke.
Died October 4th, 1951 at 31 years old in Baltimore (cervical adenocarcinoma).
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Austrian-british philosopher (1889–1951).
Born April 26th, 1889 in Neuwaldegg. [ref]
Died April 29th, 1951 at 62 years old in Cambridge (prostate cancer). [ref]
Philippe Pétain
French military and political leader (1856–1951).
Born April 24th, 1856 in Cauchy-à-la-Tour.
Died July 23rd, 1951 at 95 years old in Port-Joinville.
Shoeless Joe Jackson
American baseball player.
Born July 16th, 1887 in Pickens County.
Died December 5th, 1951 at 64 years old in Greenville (myocardial infarction).
Ferdinand Porsche
Austrian-german automotive engineer, inventor and nazi who founded the porsche car company.
Born September 3rd, 1875 in Vratislavice nad Nisou.
Died January 30th, 1951 at 75 years old in Stuttgart (infarction). [ref]
Arnold Schoenberg
Austrian-jewish american composer (1874-1951).
Born September 13th, 1874 in Vienna. [ref]
Died July 13th, 1951 at 76 years old in Los Angeles (myocardial infarction). [ref]
Wilhelm, German Crown Prince
German crown prince (1882-1951).
Born May 6th, 1882 in Potsdam.
Died July 20th, 1951 at 69 years old in Hechingen (disease).
Fanny Brice
American actress, singer and comedian (1891–1951).
Born October 29th, 1891 in Manhattan.
Died May 29th, 1951 at 59 years old in Hollywood (cerebral hemorrhage).
Liaquat Ali Khan
1st prime minister of pakistan from 1947 to 1951.
Born October 1st, 1895 in Karnal.
Died October 16th, 1951 at 56 years old in Rawalpindi, West Pakistan.
Sinclair Lewis
American writer and playwright (1885–1951).
Born February 7th, 1885 in Sauk Centre. [ref]
Died January 10th, 1951 at 65 years old in Rome.
Carl Gustaf Emil Mannerheim
Finnish military leader and statesman (1867–1951).
Born June 16th, 1867 in Askainen. [ref]
Died January 27th, 1951 at 83 years old in Lausanne (bowel obstruction).
Robert Walker
American actor (1918-1951).
Born October 13th, 1918 in Salt Lake City.
Died August 28th, 1951 at 32 years old in Los Angeles (drug overdose).
Abdullah I of Jordan
Ruler of transjordan and jordan from 1921 to 1951.
Born February 2nd, 1882 in Mecca.
Died July 20th, 1951 at 69 years old in Masjid Al-Aqsa (gunshot wound).
Will Keith Kellogg
American businessman (1860–1951).
Born April 7th, 1860 in Battle Creek.
Died October 6th, 1951 at 91 years old in Battle Creek (heart failure).
Pauline Pfeiffer
American journalist and the wife of writer ernest hemingway.
Born July 22nd, 1895 in Parkersburg.
Died October 21st, 1951 at 56 years old in Los Angeles.
André Gide
French author and nobel laureate (1869–1951).
Born November 22nd, 1869 in Paris. [ref]
Died December 19th, 1951 at 82 years old in Paris. [ref]
Ivor Novello
Welsh composer and actor (1893–1951).
Born January 15th, 1893 in Cardiff.
Died March 6th, 1951 at 58 years old in Westminster (coronary thrombosis).
Vincent Mangano
American mobster (1888–1951).
Born March 28th, 1888 in Villabate.
Died April 19th, 1951 at 63 years old in New York City.
René Guénon
French metaphysician (1886-1951).
Born November 15th, 1886 in Blois.
Died January 7th, 1951 at 64 years old in Cairo.
Mayo Methot
American actress (1904–1951).
Born March 3rd, 1904 in Chicago.
Died June 9th, 1951 at 47 years old in Portland (alcohol intoxication).
Abanindranath Tagore
Indian painter and writer (1871–1951).
Born August 7th, 1871 in Kolkata. [ref]
Died December 5th, 1951 at 80 years old in Kolkata. [ref]
J. C. Leyendecker
Painter (1874-1951).
Born March 23rd, 1874 in Montabaur.
Died July 26th, 1951 at 77 years old in New Rochelle. [ref]
Charles G. Dawes
Vice president of the united states from 1925 to 1929.
Born August 27th, 1865 in Marietta. [ref]
Died April 23rd, 1951 at 85 years old in Evanston (coronary thrombosis). [ref]
Otto Ohlendorf
German ss officer and holocaust perpetrator (1907–1951).
Born February 4th, 1907 in Hoheneggelsen.
Died June 7th, 1951 at 44 years old in Landsberg Prison (hanging to death).
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Our dead are never dead to us, until we have forgotten them. George Eliot